“Far above the Ephel Dúath in the West the night-sky was still dim and pale. There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
-JRR Tolkien, The Return of the King
Sometimes the darkness seems big enough to swallow us all, but it is indeed just a passing thing. Looking forward to the day when the darkness is no more.
(I would love to give credit for the artwork shown above, but there was no artist listed. If you know the artist, please let me know.)
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